The Bookish Girl

Smarty McSmart Pants ~ 2006-06-11

Posted in General by Bookish Wendy at 8:07 pm.
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I hosted a Duct Tape Dummy making party for some of our local gals this weekend. So. Much. Fun. The food, the company, the sangria! All of it melded into perfect time for me, I can only hope my guests had as much fun.

Claudia was my wrapper, thank you darling! To create the dummy (or smarty in my case because, let’s face it, a duct tape dress form filled with poly-fill is probably sharmter than me sometimes) you dress yourself in a plain white t-shirt and get wrapped up in duct tape.

Good times.

Here are a few photos of the process:

Cross your heart baby.


As you can see Claudia became quite intimate with by boobs. And my chubs. – Yes I am making a funny face here.

Here I am all wrapped up. I have Ben to my right and Martha to my left. I cut them out until I get permission to post them all wrapped up.


It’s looks uncomfortable. Strangely it was actually somewhat comfortable. Your spine is aligned, you have to stand up straight and all your chubbies have been put away. I wouldn’t want to hang out like this for too long. But it certainly wasn’t as horrible as I anticipated it being.


Just in case there was any confusion Maryse labelled my Boobies and Chubs. I love that she put a heart next to my chubs. I lub them.

After getting cut out of the dummy you have to tape it back together and stuff it with poly-fil. You also have to measure to make sure your measurement’s are realistic. I found that the smarty’s chest was a bit too small. Time for a boob job.

I found, at this point, that it was easier to use one of my bras to help me get the right size and shape. It made my job quite a bit easier.

Some things I learned:

My belly button is off center – by about an inch!

The back half of my waist is about 4″ shorter than the front part of my waist.

Woman have incredibly beautiful bodies. We are all different but truly amazing. I was the wrapper for Julia and Chreryl – both different body builds and equally as stunning.

I adore my knitting community. Absolutely and totally adore them.

Stitchy’s book – amazing. Truly.

Thank you to all the girls that could make it over. You’ve warmed my home and my house.

Johanna makes a mean cupcake. (and she has news! big news!)

Mwah!

(I think I hit you all – but if I forgot someone please tell me!)

And to smarty – my new bestest friend…


It’s strange to feel your self up.

Related posts:

  1. Smarty, the dummy, steps in
  2. Dude, you so forgot your pants
  3. Knitting for Others

28 Comments

  1. Kathy says:

    Look like you guys had fun! I, unfortunately, had a wrapless weekend. (Boo hoo hoo!)

    Comment - June 11, 2006 : 9:15 pm

  2. Carole says:

    Judging from the photos, you guys had way too much fun! Wish I could have been there.

    Comment - June 11, 2006 : 9:44 pm

  3. wenders says:

    Hoooola. This ROCKS. I am so going to do this ASAP. Looks like so much fun! Is there a reason for the red duct tape, or was that because it’s more fun than silver? Cheers!

    Comment - June 11, 2006 : 10:47 pm

  4. Chris says:

    Wow, no one throws a party like you do!

    Comment - June 11, 2006 : 10:47 pm

  5. Debbie says:

    Jin was so bummed that I didn’t have one made at your place, so get this – he insisted I let hom do one when I got home! Yep, he lovingly encased me in red duct tape. I told him to make sure he didn’t squish everything and to just follow the curves. Oh man, I wish he hadn’t listened to me because Tapey, my new friend, looks like she’s knocked up! But the good news is that my bellybuttoned is aligned.

    Oh, and the even better news is that with the back still cut, it fits on Jon! Now he can walk around wearing it and fondling his own chest for a change. Shhhh, don’t tell him I told you that. ;)

    I had a great time at your place, as always. You’re the hostess with the mostest, that’s fer sure.

    Comment - June 11, 2006 : 11:25 pm

  6. Debbie says:

    Jeeez, could there BE more typos in my previous comment? Sorry about that.

    Comment - June 11, 2006 : 11:27 pm

  7. shizzknits says:

    That is the coolest idea! Love it!

    Comment - June 12, 2006 : 1:19 am

  8. maryse says:

    as always it was the bestest of times. i was sad to leave.

    Comment - June 12, 2006 : 6:06 am

  9. melanie says:

    So.incredibly.sad.I.missed.that.

    We totally could have duct-taped my babies. That would have been funny.

    Comment - June 12, 2006 : 6:34 am

  10. Wendy says:

    LOVE the pictorial! What a great idea to have a duct-tape party with your knit-buds!

    Comment - June 12, 2006 : 7:02 am

  11. Sultry PainterWoman says:

    The step by step photos are amazing (as are you, of course). What a concept! Scary. Is it a conspiracy by the people at Duct-Tapes R Us to sell more duct dape? I see a dressmaker’s dummy in my future… and a documentary of my two year weightloss plan….

    Comment - June 12, 2006 : 8:09 am

  12. elisa says:

    Holy good times, Batman!

    Looks like an excellent event, as always, dude, and I’m sad that I missed it.

    But I did get to play with sheep, so that helps with the sadness. ;)

    xo

    Comment - June 12, 2006 : 8:28 am

  13. The Purloined Letter says:

    What a great idea!

    Comment - June 12, 2006 : 8:35 am

  14. Cheryl says:

    I can’t believe you put pants on it!! HAHAHAHAHA! You are killing me over here. Too funny.
    I think I’ll stuff mine tonight.

    Thank you so much, again. I had a wonderful time.

    Comment - June 12, 2006 : 10:43 am

  15. Martita says:

    Thank you for being such an awesome hostess! It was a great afternoon of fibery togetherness. Now I just have to buy some polyfill… oh, p.s. you may post me if you wish.

    Comment - June 12, 2006 : 11:01 am

  16. claudia says:

    I SQUOOSHED YOUR BOOBIES!

    Oops. Sorry ’bout that. Too much enthusiam, perhaps.
    ;-)

    What a great time. Thanks so much!

    Comment - June 12, 2006 : 12:07 pm

  17. benedetta says:

    that truly was a great party!
    Thank you!

    you can certainly post me and my double, now that i am out of it, Double is all deflated and looking sad!

    i think it’d like to be longer, so it can wear pants too. we’ll have to fix that.
    so much fun!

    Comment - June 12, 2006 : 1:07 pm

  18. stinkerbell says:

    oh mi god. One that is cool FUN party. Two you are adorable those photos are too much. And Three… now I cant get that “I Touch Myself” song out fo my head.
    I TOTALLY blame you!!! :)

    Comment - June 12, 2006 : 1:08 pm

  19. Lisa says:

    What a good idea! And what fun….looks like you had a blast!

    Comment - June 12, 2006 : 1:16 pm

  20. Sil says:

    Yeah, my sister’s a boob squisher from way back…

    Comment - June 12, 2006 : 1:35 pm

  21. margene says:

    What a great idea! We Ewe-tah Grrls must follow suite and throw a like party!

    Comment - June 12, 2006 : 4:18 pm

  22. Jackie says:

    I wish I could have made it too!! I still don’t quite get how the duct tape smahtie retains its shape after cutting out??

    Comment - June 12, 2006 : 8:01 pm

  23. Laurie says:

    TOO funny! The pictures are wonderful. I think it’s a tossup between X your heart, and the final smartie on display. I’m bummed I wasn’t there to make a smartie and eat cupcakes and schmooze with the doubles and their moms.

    Comment - June 13, 2006 : 7:36 am

  24. Kathleen says:

    So much fun. What a great idea.

    Comment - June 13, 2006 : 8:26 am

  25. Dave Daniels says:

    That was a very interesting and enjoyable post. I did that once (or twice) with that plaster gauze stuff. Your method looks a lot cleaner!

    Comment - June 13, 2006 : 8:59 pm

  26. ZantiMissKnit says:

    What an awesome party idea! (The most creative my friends and I got were hair dyeing/haircutting parties — drunken punk rock style! Yikes!). An instructor of mine told me about duct-tape dummies years ago; she learned that one when she was an apprentice to a corset maker. The things you can do with duct tape!

    Comment - June 14, 2006 : 2:37 pm

  27. Lolly says:

    Holy crap, this looks fun!

    Comment - June 15, 2006 : 3:44 pm

  28. Monica says:

    It may be strange to feel yourself up, but doing it standing on the tub ledge while someone photographs… :)

    Comment - June 22, 2006 : 11:01 am

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